title: Antiviral activity of some plants used in Nepalese traditional medicine.
abstract: Methanolic extracts of 41 plant species belonging to 27 families used in the traditional medicine in Nepal have been investigated for in vitro antiviral activity against Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and influenza virus A by dye uptake assay in the systems HSV-1/Vero cells and influenza virus A/MDCK cells. The extracts of Astilbe rivularis, Bergenia ciliata, Cassiope fastigiata and Thymus linearis showed potent anti-herpes viral activity. The extracts of Allium oreoprasum, Androsace strigilosa, Asparagus filicinus, Astilbe rivularis, Bergenia ciliata and Verbascum thapsus exhibited strong anti-influenza viral activity. Only the extracts of A. rivularis and B. ciliata demonstrated remarkable activity against both viruses.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Applied Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rajbhandari
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mentel
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Jha
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Chaudhary
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattarai
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Gewali
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Karmacharya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hipper
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Lindequist